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"On the evening of May 13, 1861, General Benjamin Butler and 1,000 Union soldiers arrived at Baltimore's Camden Street Station by train. Under the cover of a thunderstorm, they fortified Federal Hill to ensure the city of Baltimore remained under Union control, after the Pratt Street Riot less than a month earlier."

BCLM Works on Paper, 8x10, Boxes 10-12

BCLM Works on Paper, 8x10, Boxes 10-12

Box 10

Title

Date

Physical Description

Call Number

Notes

Tom Thumb locomotive

undated

clipping

MB1207

Caption: "The "Tom Thumb," the first locomotive in America, built by Peter Cooper. Its first successful trip was made in 1830, from Baltimore to Ellicott Mills, Maryland." Illustration of the locomotive and driver. Other call number: M83. Digital file available.

Howard House

undated

clipping

MB1543

Advertisement for Howard House at Howard and Baltimore Streets. Featured in Monument City page 114. Old number M.446.

Baltimore Basilica

undated

engraving

MB1501

Engraving of the Baltimore Basilica or the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Caption: The Cathedral. Old call number: M401.

Engraving of the "Home of the Aged of the Methodist Episcopal Church, corner of West Franklin and Fulton Streets, Baltimore." Signed Weeks and Bertram, Eng. Old call number: M435.

Foundry and Machine Works of Poole & Hunt

undated

engraving

MB1801

Engraving of the "Foundry and Machine Works of Poole & Hunt, Baltimore, MD." L.H. Everts, Publisher. Railroad and locomotive of Northern Central and Pennsylvania Railroads in foreground. Old call number: M715.

Engraving of the William Knabe and Company's piano factories, Eutaw and West Streets, Baltimore, Md. Clipping is mounted on a board; damage from the adhesive is shown on the front. Old call number: M441.

Ellicott's Upper Miller

undated

engraving

MB909

Engraving of Ellicott's Upper Mills on the Patapsco River, Ellicott Mills, Maryland. Illustration shows "as it was in 1781."

Country home

undated

engraving

MB910

Engraving of an unidentified country home; may be Ellicott Mills. Large home, barn, outbuildings, and a horse and carriage are shown.

Engraving of Honorable Joshua Vansant. Artist: Torsch SC. Clipping is mounted on a board; damage from the adhesive is shown on the front. Old call number: M580.

Arthur P. Gorman, Jr.

circa 1895

political cartoons

MB1686

Engraving of Honorable Arthur P. Gorman, Jr. Lawyer. Political cartoon shows Gorman holding "Law" and "Politics" with a farm in the background. A political cartoon featuring Robert Biggs, Lawyer, is on verso. Old call number: M589.

James H. Preston

circa 1911

political cartoons

MB1687

Engraving of Honorable James H. Preston, Mayor of Baltimore. Political cartoon shows Preston building a wall of Baltimore, with services and events on each brick. Artist: Evans. A portrait of "His Eminence James Cardinal Gibbons" is on verso. Old call number M590.

Philip Jones' Plat of Baltimore Town in 1730

circa 1880

clipping

MB1726

Survey of 60 acres in downtown Baltimore. Old call number: M630.

Viaduct on the Patapsco River

undated

clipping

MB1749

Illustration and description of the viaduct on the Patapsco River. Old call number: M659.

Baltimore Institutions Founded in 1858 or Earlier

1933

pamphlet

MD1788

Pamphlet published by Hutzler Brothers on the event of their 75h anniversary. Lists business by year that have been founded in Baltimore from 1675 to 1858. Old call number M702.

The Old Bay Line of Chesapeake: A Sketch of a Hundred Years of Steamboat Operation by Alexander Crosby Brown

1938

article

MD1795

The Old Bay Line of Chesapeake: A Sketch of a Hundred Years of Steamboat Operation by Alexander Crosby Brown. Museum Publication No. 6. 1938. Copyright by The Mariners Museum, Newport New, Va. Extract from William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine: Series 2, Volume 18, Number 4, October, 1938.

Fort McHenry by James E. Hancock

1928

pamphlet

MD1799

History of Fort McHenry published "to commemorate the restoration of the fort and its dedication as a national shrine." Published by the Maryland Trust Company. Old call number: M713.

Baltimore: Stories about Baltimore…

circa 1930

pamphlet

MD1800

Pamphlet published by the Baltimore Association of Commerce. Includes essay about various aspects and statistics about Baltimore. Old call number: M714.

Armstrong Cator and Company

undated

clipping

MB1806

Advertising for Armstrong Cator and Company, importers and manufacturers. Located at 237-239 Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md.

William Wilkins

undated

engraving

MB1815

Engraving of William Wilkins. Engraved by H.B. Hall and Sons.

Box 11

Title

Date

Physical Description

Call Number

Notes

Washington Monument

undated

print

H268.1

Color illustration of the Washington Monument in Baltimore, Md. Printed on an envelope. Old call number 80.522.812.

Fort McHenry

undated

print

H268.2

Color illustration of Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Md. Printed on an envelope. Old call number 80.522.813. Lower right corner is detatched.

Battery Stewarts Place

undated

print

H268.3

Color illustration of Battery Stewarts Place in Baltimore, Md. Same image as H269.4. Printed on an envelope. Old call number 80.522.814.

Washington Monument

undated

print

H269.1

Sepia print of the Washington Monument in Baltimore, Md. Printed on an envelope. Same image as H268.1. Old call number 80.522.816.

Fort Federal Hill

undated

print

H269.2

Sepia print of the Fort Federal Hill in Baltimore, Md. Printed on an envelope. Old call number 80.522.816.

Fort McHenry

undated

print

H269.3

Sepia illustration of Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Md. Printed on an envelope. Same image as H268.2. Old call number 80.522.817. Lower right corner is detatched.

Battery Stewarts Place

undated

print

H268.4

Color illustration of Battery Stewarts Place in Baltimore, Md. Printed on an envelope.

Belger Barracks

undated

print

H268.5

Color illustration of the Belger Barracks in Baltimore, Md. Published by Charles Magnus, N.Y. Printed on an envelope.

U.S.A. General Hospital, Patterson Park no. 1

undated

print

H268.9

Color illustration of the U.S.A. General Hospital no. 1 in Patterson Park, Baltimore, Md. Published by Charles Magnus, N.Y. Printed on an envelope.

U.S.A. General Hospital, Patterson Park no. 2

undated

print

H268.10

Color illustration of the U.S.A. General Hospital no. 2 in Patterson Park, Baltimore, Md. Published by Charles Magnus, N.Y. Printed on an envelope.

U.S.A. General Hospital, Patterson Park no. 3

undated

print

H268.11

Color illustration of the U.S.A. General Hospital no. 3 in Patterson Park, Baltimore, Md. Published by Charles Magnus, N.Y. Printed on an envelope.

Battery Stewarts Place

undated

print

H269.4

Sepia illustration of Battery Stewarts Place in Baltimore, Md. Same image as H268.3. Printed on an envelope.

Belger Barracks

undated

print

H269.5

Sepia illustration of the Belger Barracks in Baltimore, Md. Published by Charles Magnus, N.Y. Printed on an envelope.